Abraham Clark

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 15, 1726
Died: September 15, 1794
Age at death: 68
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1792

Career timeline

1791Rep 1792Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Clark11,470

Opponents67,766

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1792, Abraham Clark ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Clark's biggest single-election total was 6,435 votes, in the 1791 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Abraham Clark received?

Abraham Clark has received 11,470 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Abraham Clark’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	5,03510.74%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) John Armstrong Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	6,43519.9%	Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Batoman Lloyd James Parker Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000418) and Wikidata (Q329870). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.